Chris Mbuvi
Partner · Phatisa
Last updated 30 September 2026
Chris Mbuvi is a Partner at Phatisa, the Johannesburg Rosebank-headquartered specialist Pan-African sustainable agribusiness, food value chain, healthcare and rural infrastructure private equity fund manager managing the $180M Phatisa Pan-African Housing Fund, the $220M Phatisa African Agriculture Fund (PAAF I & II), the $250M Phatisa Sustainable Food Fund (2022 vintage) and the $100M Phatisa Nigeria Rural Infrastructure Fund (2024 vintage) — totalling ~$750M cumulative AUM, with LP backing from CDC/BII, FMO, AfDB, Old Mutual, and the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA). A First Class Egerton University Economics & Agriculture graduate, Imperial College London Wye College MSc Agricultural Economics, and 8-year CDC Group Agribusiness Project Officer veteran, Mbuvi leads the Phatisa Lagos Nigeria corridor.